Evangelicals may differ about the best response to Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack against military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, but they seem united in acknowledging the gravity of the situation and calling for prayer. America confronts “a sober moment in history as we face possible armed conflict against Iran,” said Douglas Carver, former […]
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2020 election to test evangelical unity
If the polls ahead of the 2020 presidential primaries had not already told us, the divisive and angry nature of American politics was affirmed with the impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 18. While the nation awaits a vote in the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office—a move that seems […]
Christians targeted: Global trend is growing
Updated Dec. 18, 2019 Regaining consciousness after attackers left him for dead in his house church in eastern India, Pastor Basant Kumar Paul proclaimed he no longer fears persecution and is certain of his heavenly home. “My physical body might be weak, but my spirit is very strong, it will not break with persecution,” Morning […]
Pregnancy clinic planned
“We desire to open a pro-life crisis pregnancy resource clinic,” Denny Hydrick, executive director of Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS), announced in his report to messengers at the 2019 IBSA Annual Meeting Nov. 6-7 in Marion. Hydrick shared how since the ministry’s founding in 1919 it has adapted, added, or adjusted to meet […]
Fewer identify as Christian
Nearly two-thirds of Americans still call themselves Christians, but the number has decreased 12 percentage points over the last decade, according to a Pew Forum report on the country’s religious landscape. And while the number of both Protestants and Catholics decreased, those unaffiliated with a religion grew as a share of the population—up from 12% […]
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